Steel Studs vs Wood Stud for Shack

[Tom Line]

My friend is planning a radio shack addition on the back of his house and was wondering if steel studs could be inferior to wood. Could they pickup and radiate stray RF etc.
(I tried to google it, but internet searches are increasingly lacking these days unless one wants to buy something.)

 

[Handy Andy]

Look up Faraday cage...

You also bring up another point about the "spacing" of the metal studs and what will be used to form a mesh in which to shield your equipment.

The subject isn't dead, just Google is trying to tie in Prepping and shielding from EMP's and Electromagnetic Shielding which people are attempting to do - so the search usually brings you to places Google wants you to buy from.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

The metal studs are not meant for load bearing walls. I would use wood.

 

[H1driver]

We do frame some commercial buildings with load bearing metal studs, that is really not the issue. For residential usually the biggest complaint is they are not friendly at all when you start trying to hang items on the walls.